Images of my new home II

Posted: September 2nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Stuff I Want You to See | No Comments »

Our bedroom (not shown: one king sized, one twin mattress smooched together to form a happy co-sleeping environment cause it’s not pretty)

Our kitchen. It’s very retro, with wainscoting, mustard paint and floral wallpaper. I love it though.

The flooring of the kitchen and my favorite part of the hardwood. Instead of all going in one direction like most houses nowadays, you get this puzzle-piece sort of look that adds so much more character.

Ash’s bedroom doesn’t have a bed since it’s beside ours. Instead, it’s full of his toys. We found this shelving unit on the side of the road a couple of years ago, and we brought it in and I painted it a dark camo green. It was in our living room at the last place even though it was ugly and I bought another can of paint (I love cheap reject paint!) and now it’s in Ash’s room and I have fallen back in love with it. It’s solid wood and HEAVY.

I found this at Value Village about a year ago for $7.99 and it reminds me of my elementary school days. I couldn’t pass it up.

I found this table and chairs (wooden, of course) at a second hand store for $15 this spring. Ash finger paints on it, and I’ve never bothered to wash it off. There’s an inscription in the bottom, some little girl got it as a present in 1992.

The day before we moved to our new house, I went to Salvation Army and found this old, old, old (and very loved) doll house for $1.99. It came with a few pieces of wooden furniture and some plastic dolls. I’m getting Ash some Plan Toys dolls for his birthday, so I’ll be giving those back to the Sally Ann soon.

The day we took Ash home from the hospital we passed by this old record player on the side of the road, and as soon as we took him inside I ordered Clive back out to pick it up and bring it into our apartment. We’d just moved from Ontario and had no furniture (it took us six months to even get a couch), and so I was desperate for SOMETHING to fill the house with. We kept it in its crappy state until just recently, when I went to the paint store again to look for more reject paint, and found a neutral beige/ivory. A couple of coats, and it’s nearly done. I’m going to cover the speakers with some foam board with an old map of Paris, and it’ll be complete! I can’t wait to find time to do that. (It’s moved from our front entrance in the last picture to the office/dining room.) The total cost for this piece is $7.

The window above it I found about a month ago, outside of our apartment. I scooped it up immediately and ranks as my very favorite piece of street treasure. It’s filthy and has duct tape glue on the window pane and I absolutely fucking love it. We’ve got to rig it differently because right now the fishing line is showing and we don’t want it to. But it’ll do for now.

I’ve been focusing on artwork for this new house and made a couple of Etsy purchases, including one from my sister, and so I’m happy that this piece by Shannon Larratt has company on our walls.

Our backyard is overrun by weeds, but Ash loves going out there and “peeing in the grass.” He’s naked except for socks and shoes in this picture. Anything is better than peeing in his diaper, as far as I’m concerned. I mourn summer already.

So, that’s pretty much it. Our office/dining room isn’t very exciting, and the basement wouldn’t show well in pictures, so you don’t get to see those. I absolutely LOVE where we’re living and I feel so lucky to have found this gem of a home. It’s cozy and huge and I’m inspired by its every nook and cranny.

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